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Scientific name: Anthophyta: Dicotyledonae: Rosales: Rosaceae: Prunus cv.
Common Name: Higan Weeping Cherry

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: n/a
Date: 4 April 2001

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Georgetown University Campus
Keywords: A GU Higan Weeping Cherry pink flower tree white flower
Additional Information: This cherry is the garden cultivar Prunus x suhiretlla which is the cross Prunus incisa x Prunus pendula.  Other common names for this cultivar are Higan Cherry and Rosebud Cherry.

Brickell, C. and J. C. Zuk, eds. 1996. The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. DK Publishing, New York, NY. 1092 pp. Page 839.

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Scientific name: Anthophyta: Dicotyledonae: Rosales: Rosaceae: Prunus cv.
Common Name: Purpleleaf Sand Cherry

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: n/a
Date: 4 April 2001

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Georgetown University Campus
Keywords: A GU pink flower Purpleleaf Sand Cherry shrub tree white flower
Additional Information: This garden cultivar is the cross Prunus cerasifera ‘Atropurpurea' x Prunus pumilia.

Brickell, C. and J. C. Zuk, eds. 1996. The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. DK Publishing, New York, NY. 1092 pp. Page 837.

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